Template:In the news
- In mathematics, the Fields Medal is awarded to Caucher Birkar, Alessio Figalli, Peter Scholze and Akshay Venkatesh.
- A 6.4 magnitude earthquake strikes Lombok, Indonesia, killing at least 16 people (President Joko Widodo surveying damage pictured).
- In cycling, Geraint Thomas wins the Tour de France.
- Following allegations of sexual misconduct, American Archbishop Theodore McCarrick becomes the first cleric to resign from the College of Cardinals since 1927.
- The longest total lunar eclipse in the 21st century occurs.
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